Is it possible to declare git repository as dependency in android gradle?

For me the best way is:

https://jitpack.io

Step 1. Add the JitPack repository to build.gradle at the end of repositories:

repositories {    // ...    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }}

Step 2. Add the dependency in the form

dependencies {    implementation 'com.github.User:Repo:Tag'}

It is possible to build the latest commit on the master branch, for example :

dependencies {    implementation 'com.github.jitpack:gradle-simple:master-SNAPSHOT'}

Or you can register a repository as a submodule like this

$ git submodule add my_sub_project_git_url my-sub-project

Then include the project in your settings.gradle file which should look like this

include ':my-app', ':my-sub-project'

Finally, compile the project as a dependency in your application build.gradle file like this

dependencies {  compile project(':my-sub-project')}

Then, when cloning your project, you will only have to add the option --recursive to make git automatically clone the root repository, and all its submodules.

git clone --recursive my_sub_project_git_url

I hope it helps.

There is now a new feature in gradle that lets you add source dependencies from git.

You first need to define the repo in the settings.gradle file and map it to a module identifier:

sourceControl {    gitRepository("https://github.com/gradle/native-samples-cpp-library.git") {        producesModule("org.gradle.cpp-samples:utilities")    }}

You will need to use URI("https://github.com/gradle/native-samples-cpp-library.git") instead of "https://github.com/gradle/native-samples-cpp-library.git" if you're using Kotlin gradle.

And now in your build.gradle you can point to a specific tag (e.g.: 'v1.0'):

dependencies {    ...        implementation 'org.gradle.cpp-samples:utilities:v1.0'}

Or to a specific branch:

dependencies {    ...        implementation('org.gradle.cpp-samples:utilities') {        version {            branch = 'release'        }    }}

Caveats:

• Gradle 4.10 or higher required
• Does not support authentication yet

References:

• SourceControl docs
• Gradle Blog - Introducing source dependencies
• Gradle Forum - Limitations of Gradle source dependencies